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    Who's that bird?

    Thank you! I looked up Game chickens and it's a match! It makes sense too, since I've heard there are cock fighters in the area, and she must have escaped or been tossed.
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    Who's that bird?

    Yet another mysterious chicken has shown up in my backyard! Poor thing stays right outside my flock's chicken run, lonely and hungry (after none of my neighbors claimed it and it didn't leave, I started feeding it). It is smaller than my standard sized girls, but I can't tell if it is young...
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    Chickens Eating Paint

    I noticed that my chickens were eating peeling paint off the side of our house. I'm not sure how long they had been at it, but their now confined to a run where they can't do that anymore. Our house is from the 50's and who knows what horrible lead based paints my poor girls have ingested...
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    Bullying when confined to run

    Everyone is getting along fine now! I'm pretty sure I was just interfering before the ladies had a chance to sort things out amongst themselves.
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    Bullying when confined to run

    Thanks for the suggestions! I added some hiding places and have been keeping an eye on them. The Delaware's butt has been plucked, because she's started hiding her head in the corner when the older gals come around, but things seem to be mellowing since I put them in last night. The original...
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    Bullying when confined to run

    Last Summer I added 2 hens (Delaware and Russian Orloff) to my existing flock of 2 hens (an Ameraucana and a Silver Laced Wyandotte). When I initially added them to the run the two older hens took turns jumping on the Delaware's back and pecking at her face. I separated them after 10 min...
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    Who is this mystery chicken?

    Update: He absolutely turned out to be a rooster, and a fiercely aggressive one too. Too bad, he has to go.
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    Who is this mystery chicken?

    Thanks! This is all very helpful. I'll hold out hope for a while longer, before I decide what to do with Pooky (my 3 year old named him, and she's going to be bummed). I know there's a community of cock fighters in my area (probably where this little guy came from) and I wouldn't want my...
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    Who is this mystery chicken?

    I've been reading a lot, but still don't know much about chickens, so this forum is very helpful! My rooster suspicions are mostly due to the difference is body shape from the two other chickens,, maybe that's just breed? The mystery chicken is slimmer and more angular... larger comb, and the...
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    Who is this mystery chicken?

    Thanks so much! I think you're right about the New Hampshire Red in there. Pooky is about 2 months old. The friendliest and most adventuresome of our three chickens, I'll be super sad if we need to send her/him away. Here are some better photos:
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    Who is this mystery chicken?

    This summer I found the cutest little yellow fluffy chick in my yard.., it couldn't have been more than a week old. After parading it around the neighborhood, trying to find it's home with no luck, I went to work building a brooder and a coop and a yard, bought 2 sister chicks and that was the...
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